Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity

Analysis

Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was registered in July 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity reported income of £9.5m and spending of £8.8m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.4m to £9.5m (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Talking Trust (£9.5m), Alder Hey Children's Charity (£9.5m) and The Alnwick Garden Trust (£9.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 80%, investments 13%, charitable activities 3.4% and trading 3.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6.1m. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 9.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £6.5m. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.